TOPIC: Nice Day, Nice Walk

I had a cpl hours free time yesterday morning, I had a hollow I hadnt been in this year so I headed to the woods!
I swear I had walked the same path several times over the past few years and had only seen a few small ginseng plants, but I walked right into a couple nice ones... looked around a bit and found more
Bad thing was I found some empty holes, good thing is he didnt look in the right places!

Randy

another one

best root of the day has about 30 bud scars...

good looking seng brother

That is a nice looking root. Looks like it was trying to make a circle.

Did that come off a 3 prong ? If it did... really good for a 3 pronger.

TNhunter

Thanks guys, any walk in the woods is good.... finding some nice seng is better.

TNhunter, that was indeed a 3 prong, in fact it was the one in the pic above (2nd pic). See the little 2 prong in that pic? I had to move it to get to the root of the 3 prong... planted it back but it had a 2 inch neck with 19 bud scars... root was about the size of a lima bean! Makes me wonder about leaving that runt to reproduce, but I will check on it in years to come and see how it does.
Thanks for looking!

Randy

I made it out again today for a few hours... man those hillsides get steeper each year.

Some of the ginseng in dryer areas or areas with more sunlight are turning yellow but a lot is still green.

The largest plants I found today were all 3 prongs.

Most of todays find were all old stuff... this one has at least 30 bud scars.

On the way back out I looked at some plants I had passed by and left on the way in....I always bring my tops home with me for tea... I may have company in the woods? I hate finding empty holes on property I lease!



Randy